Heavy Rain Warning & Potential Flooding (Friday / Saturday July 6th & 7th)

eigrod

That band of rain currently over Yorkshire / Nth of England - is that heading in the direction of Dublin/Wicklow for this afternoon ?

Redsunset

Redsunset

ECM fairly spot on so far.

mickger844posts

Some heavy rain imminent here if you go by the radar which is not always that accurate.

Redsunset

I have given the thread a Level 1 status due to the risk of flash flooding in heavier downpours especially on eastern seaboard. Will review situation later.

Larbre34

By the look of raintoday.co.uk some of the more intense bursts will make landfall over Dublin in the next 2 hours.

I can see the 20-25mm/h rates, but the system seems to be moving quite briskly and will probably pass through by early evening

I dont see coastal flooding being a big issue in the east, pressure is relatively high, winds remaining northerly, although high tide is at 14.17 What do people think is the biggest risk, saturated ground and catchments or what?

demakinz

Looks like a few flashes out in the Irish sea. How far inland could the heavy rain come?

SnowDrifts

Seems to be some electrical activity heading for Wicklow according to sat24.

ednwireland

can anyone tell me what time i can cut the lawn tomorrow

from the dry northwest (sorry have to milk this after year on year of miserable wet summers probably wont get another opportunity for years)

hmmm looks like tommorrow afternoon /evening

Big Tone

No wonder holiday bookings to the sun are up over 20% on last year, the exodus from the rain drenched British Isles is well and truly underway!

And amidst all this kerfuffle still no one can come up with a decent explanation as to why it's been so bad for the past 13 weeks!

gbee

Big Tone wrote: »

And amidst all this kerfuffle still no one can come up with a decent explanation as to why it's been so bad for the past 13 weeks!

I think that's an unacceptably statement tbh.

It's been explained ten times a day and forecast 12 months back.

RealityCheck

Big Tone wrote: »

No wonder holiday bookings to the sun are up over 20% on last year, the exodus from the rain drenched British Isles is well and truly underway!

And amidst all this kerfuffle still no one can come up with a decent explanation as to why it's been so bad for the past 13 weeks!

A wet summer in Ireland surprises you?

There has been some decent weather in the last 13 weeks. I remember a week of 20+ at the end of May. Generally its been worse than usual but its hardly unexpected.

Sierra Oscar

RealityCheck wrote: »

A wet summer in Ireland surprises you?

There has been some decent weather in the last 13 weeks. I remember a week of 20+ at the end of May. Generally its been worse than usual but its hardly unexpected.

In fairness, we have seen rercord levels of rainfall last month across many parts of Ireland. It has been worse than your typical Irish summer for many.

nacho libre

Big Tone wrote: »

And amidst all this kerfuffle still no one can come up with a decent explanation as to why it's been so bad for the past 13 weeks!

This is a decent explanation - not that previous explanations on here weren't.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18689301

Chris_5339762

redsunset wrote: »

OSM pic with rain

What site is that from? Looks details and is built on OSM maps, which I like.

Iancar29

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

What site is that from? Looks details and is built on OSM maps, which I like.

Net Weather.tv

dexter647

Moderate to heavy rain here now in south Laois

cristoir

Getting quite heavy here in Ranelagh.

mcriot29

dexter647 wrote: »

Moderate to heavy rain here now in south Laois

So far rain has not been heavy here in north dublin , will north dublin even get much , looks like wicklow will

delw

mcriot29 wrote: »

So far rain has not been heavy here in north dublin , will north dublin even get much , looks like wicklow will

bloody heavy enough when your out in it
coming down steady now

cotton

Chucking down in Dun Laoghaire now, very heavy.

Redsunset

Mad heavy rain here the last 20 min. Lots of surface water on roads. Traffic crawling in heaviest spell. Visibility very poor.

Victor Meldrew

cotton wrote: »

Chucking down in Dun Laoghaire now, very heavy.

Think there was a flash and a rumble in Cabinteely, Rain just went up a few notches for a few mins.

It ahs selltled down to merely pelting down now.

Min

I keep losing satellite signal.

Raining at about 25 to 30mm/hr, a high so far of 43mm/hr

Luno

Would I be right in saying this is going to push in a southernly direction throughout the evening?

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

What site is that from? Looks details and is built on OSM maps, which I like.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

MrFrisp

M&S* wrote: »

Would I be right in saying this is going to push in a southernly direction throughout the evening?

Hopefully,,,just a few drops here all day so far...


Edit; Raining a bit heavier now...Not sure if it's just a passing shower or not though.











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Hammer Archer

Of course when it's just plain old rain, South Dublin gets battered (just like last October) but when there's thunderstorms across the rest of the country, it's blue skies here.

Solair

I just drove the N7 and M8 from Dublin to Cork and it's was ABSOLUTELY pouring rain for the whole route pretty much. There was very poor visibility for a lot of the journey.

It's extremely heavy in Cork City at the moment too.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see major flooding again.

M.T. Cranium

I think this event should soon begin to wind down and most places will now see less than 5 mms additional rainfall, possibly 10 mms in a few parts of the north later from a secondary wave expected late overnight.

Tomorrow should be rather unsettled but no very organized pattern of showers, just the remnants of the overnight activity dispersing southwards perhaps more towards western half of the country but nowhere ruled out for a quick 2-3 mms.

There was a heavy batch of rain in phase with this event over southwest England and that could become quite active but over the ocean south of Cork and Waterford tonight. Might get the odd flash of lightning in that direction as a result, as the land area of rainfall moves away to join with that system.

Seems like this has been a moderate rather than heavy event for most areas affected, but the cumulative effects are the big problem.